Self-study
To face danger solely because doing so affords one a certain pleasure does not constitute courage. ████ ███████ ██ ██████████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ██ ██████ ██ ██████ █ █████ ██████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ████ ████████ ██ ███ ██ ████ ███████ █████████
Summary
Real courage requires persevering in the face of fear while acting to attain a goal.
Facing danger only because it brings one pleasure is not real courage.
Very Strongly Supported Conclusions
If one faces danger in order to attain a goal, he is only being courageous if he is also persevering in the face of fear.
If one perseveres in the face of fear, he is only being courageous if he’s also acting to attain a goal.
25.
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a
A person who ████ ████ ██████ ██ █████ ██ █████ ██████ ████ ██████ ████████ ██ ██████ ██████████ ███ █████ ███
Unsupported. A person facing danger to avoid pain is acting to attain a goal. This person might also be persevering in the face of fear, in which case, they could potentially be called courageous.
b
A person who ███████████ ████ ██ ████ ███████ ██ █ █████████ █████████ ██████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ████████████ ██ ████ ██████████
Unsupported. Courage requires persevering in the face of fear. The fact that someone experiences fear in a dangerous situation is not sufficient to conclude that they are not acting courageously.
c
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Unsupported. Facing danger solely because it brings pleasure is not real courage. As long as pleasure isn’t the only reason that this person faces danger, we can’t conclude that they are not courageous.
d
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Very strongly supported. Courage requires persevering in the face of fear. One can only persevere in the face of fear if one is actually afraid. So someone who faces danger in order to attain the goal of benefiting others is only courageous if they are afraid of the danger.
e
A person who ███ ██ ████ ██ ███ ██████████ ████ ████████ ████ █████ ████ ██████ ██ ████ ██ ██ ██████████ ██ ███ ██████████
Unsupported. Just because this person isn’t afraid of the situations that other people are afraid of doesn’t mean that they aren’t afraid of any situation. This person might still persevere in the face of fear in some situations that other people do not fear.